Nervous System Quiz 976 (20 MCQs)

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1. These neurons are considered to be efferent in location.
2. Where in your body can you find nerve cells?
3. Photoreceptors detect light, enabling me to see.
4. Which part our our brain regulates our sleep and wake cycles?
5. Which system transmits action potentials from the CNS to cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and glands?
6. The brain stem controls involuntary actions, for example:breathing, blinking or digestion
7. Which part of the neuron extends from the cell body and receives information?
8. The structure of the eye consists of 3 layers based on histological structure:
9. Involuntary muscle is
10. Which part controls the movement, balance and coordination?
11. A gap between two nerve cells. Information is transmitted from one nerve cell to another across this gap by chemical signals or by electrical signals. "The gap."
12. When Gretchen starts being chased by a dog, her brain sends a signal to her muscles to run. Which neurons are at work?
13. Your patient has been in an accident and sustained a severed spinal cord and damage to the brain. What substance might leak into surrounding tissues?
14. Crying when you peel onions:Is it?
15. The swallowing center is located in the
16. A disorder that occurs during early development and is caused by damage to the motor areas of the brain
17. All the muscular activities of the bodies are controlled by .....
18. Which part of the brain controls the physical ability to speak?
19. This disorder is caused by damage during gestation or birth and includes lack of motor coordination and possibly neurological problems
20. These RECEIVE electrical impulses from neighboring neurons.